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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

May 14, 2020
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
 
 Progress Software Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
0-19417
04-2746201
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
14 Oak Park
Bedford, Massachusetts 01730
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(781280-4000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
PRGS
The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.






Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 14, 2020, at the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Progress Software Corporation (the "Company"), the Company’s stockholders voted on the following three matters and cast their votes as described below:
 
(1)
The election of nine members to the Board of Directors of the Company to serve until the Company’s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders;

(2)
The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2019; and

(3)
The ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2020.
The following is a summary of the voting results for each matter presented to the stockholders:
Proposal 1 - Election of Directors:

 
 
Total Vote
 For
 Each Director
 
Total Vote
 Withheld  From
 Each Director
 



Broker Non-Votes
Paul T. Dacier
 
38,000,821
 
171,019
 
3,580,531
John R. Egan
 
38,028,426
 
143,414
 
3,580,531
Rainer Gawlick
 
38,128,612
 
43,228
 
3,580,531
Yogesh Gupta
 
38,121,471
 
50,369
 
3,580,531
Charles F. Kane
 
36,696,227
 
1,475,613
 
3,580,531
Samskriti Y. King
 
38,128,670
 
43,170
 
3,580,531
David A. Krall
 
37,236,460
 
935,380
 
3,580,531
Angela T. Tucci
 
38,127,158
 
44,682
 
3,580,531
Vivian Vitale
 
38,122,122
 
49,178
 
3,580,531

Proposal 2 - Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2019:
For
 
Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker
Non-Votes
36,709,275
 
1,444,016
 
18,549
 
3,580,531









Proposal 3 - The ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2020:

For
 
Against
 
Abstain
38,749,649
 
2,991,708
 
11,014






SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
 
 
Date: May 15, 2020
Progress Software Corporation

 
 
By:
/s/ Stephen H. Faberman
 
 
 
Stephen H. Faberman
 
 
 
Chief Legal Officer